BUILDING TO LAST (BIBLE STUDY) GUIDELINES
THEME: UNDERSTANDING THE TIMES AND SEASONS (1 CHRONICLE 12:32)
TOPIC: LIVING A LIFE OF PRAYER (PART 1)
BIBLE TEXT: Luke 18:1
INTRODUCTION
One key instrument of conquest in Jesus’ ministry is Prayer. One thing that remains constant and consistent in the life of Jesus is Prayer.
The following are the biblical references to Jesus’ prayer life as recorded in the gospel according to St. Luke:
- He came as an answer to the prayers of the saints; Simeon and Anna. (Luke 2:25-38)
- He went to His baptism Praying. (Luke 3:21-22)
- He was led by the Holy Ghost into the wilderness (Luke 4:1-14)
- He chose His disciples after praying all night. (Luke 6:12-16)
- He taught about prayers (Luke 18:1)
- He rounded up his prophecy about the last days with the need to maintain a position of prayer. (Luke 21:33-37)
- He prayed more earnestly and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. (Luke 22:44-46)
- He prayed with a loud voice on the cross at Calvary. (Luke 23:46)
- He was carried into heaven in prayers. (Luke 24:49-53)
THE POWER OF PRAYER IN LIVING A TRIUMPHANT LIFE
- Through prayers, we establish the will of God here on the earth. (Matt. 6:10)
- Prayer is not a believer’s spare tyre but the mainstay of the triumphant saint of God. (Isaiah 62:6-7)
- Prayer is our unhindered access to God. (Jer. 33:3)
- It takes righteousness to pray triumphant prayers. (2 Chron. 7:14-15, James 5:16)
- The prayer that guarantees a triumphant life must be fervent and effectual
(James 5:16-17)
CONCLUSION
Jesus Christ lived an exemplary prayer life worthy of emulation, we are encouraged to put on the same lifestyle so as to live a triumphant life in this wicked and perverse generation. Everything that is available with God is obtainable on the altar of prayer.
We receive grace never to grow weary in the place of prayer. Amen!
